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Sacrifice

The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.

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Verb group 12

Commit 84% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Commit 84% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Consecrate 84% connected

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Consecrate 84% connected

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Dedicate 84% connected

Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Dedicate 84% connected

Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

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Devote 84% connected

To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Devote 84% connected

To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pay 84% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Pay 84% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Killing 76% connected

of Kill

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Loss 76% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Relinquish 76% connected

To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resign 76% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Hecatomb 76% connected

A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.

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Immolation 76% connected

The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

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Manner of action 1

Immolate 76% connected

To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.

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Derivationally related 4

Give 74% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Give 74% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Forfeit 92% connected

Injury; wrong; mischief.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forfeiture 92% connected

The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Give 92% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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